Communication apparatus and communication method
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsNoboru Kato, Yoichi Saito
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Abstract
A communication device for communicating with wireless communication devices is provided that includes a shield device defining a plurality of shield spaces arranged along a transport path transporting a sheet on which a plurality of wireless communication devices are arrayed; and a plurality of reader/writer antennas arranged in each of the plurality of shield spaces. Moreover, the plurality of shield spaces are juxtaposed corresponding to an array pitch between the wireless communication devices on the sheet, a part of the shield device is arranged between the plurality of reader/writer antennas, and the plurality of reader/writer antennas are arranged at a side facing a transport surface of the transport path.
Claims20
A communication apparatus for communicating with wireless communication devices, comprising:
- a shield device that defines a plurality of shield spaces arranged along a transport path for transporting a sheet having a plurality of wireless communication devices arrayed thereon, wherein the plurality of shield spaces are defined by a plurality of boxes enclosing the transport path, wherein each box of the respective shield space comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of side walls;
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- a plurality of reader/writer antennas that are each disposed in the plurality of shield spaces, respectively, and are arranged at a side facing a transport surface of the transport path,
- wherein the plurality of shield spaces are juxtaposed corresponding to an array pitch between the plurality of wireless communication devices arrayed on the sheet, and
- wherein a part of the shield device is disposed between the plurality of reader/writer antennas.
A communication method for communicating with wireless communication devices, comprising:
- transporting a sheet on which a plurality of wireless communication devices are arrayed into a shield device that defines a plurality of shield spaces juxtaposed corresponding to an array pitch between the plurality of wireless communication devices arrayed on the sheet wherein the plurality of shield spaces are defined by a plurality of boxes enclosing the sheet, wherein plurality of shield spaces via respective each box of the respective shield space comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of side walls;
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- communicating with each wireless communication device arranged in each of the plurality of shield spaces, respectively, by a plurality of reader/writer antennas arranged in each of the plurality of shield spaces,
- wherein a part of the shield device is arranged between the plurality of reader/writer antennas, and
- wherein the plurality of reader/writer antennas are arranged at a side facing a transport surface of a transport path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.